| Surname: | Gyford |
| Initials: | S F |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 346 |
| Notes: | MMP. 11/11/87 enlisted in the Ordnance Store Corps and later 17 Lancers, transferred to MMP 17/5/1892. Born Ipswich, Suffolk, occupation Clerk. Served South Africa 3.1 years. 10/1/11 discharged at Aldershot, time expired, age 41 years, served 23.2 years, address: C/O Mrs Stone, 41 Bath Road, Swindon Wiltshire. Later became QM & Capt in Military Police Depot in Aldershot in World War I. Appointed Adjutant, Military Police Pool 18/11/1919. 11/11/1887 he enlisted in the Ordnance Store Corps, No. 2426, age 15 years 10 months, occupation none, born St Clement's Ipswich. Next of Kin Mother Marian Brown (nee Gyford) 2 Back Hamlet Street, St. Clement's Ipswich. 12/1/1890 transferred to 17 Lancers, 11/11/1887 transferred to MMP, 1/11/1900 Cpl, 1/8/1902 Sgt, 1/4/1908 SQMS, 22/7/1910 SSM, 10/1/1911 to discharge at Tidworth served 23 years 61 days, conduct exemplary. Served Home 11/11/1887 to 21/10/1899,m South Africa 22/10/1899 to 29/11/1902, Home 30/11/1902 to 10/1/1911 discharged time expired. 17/4/1895 married Emile Ann Stone at the Registry Office, Dover. Awaded the Long Service & Good Condut Medal Army Order 242, 1907. London Gazette 29261, 8001, 12/8/1915. Corps of Military Police. Samuel Frederick Gyford to be temporary Quartermaster, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 14/8/1915 Samuel Frederick Gyford. London Gazette 30890, 10641, 10/9/1918. Temp. Qrmr. and Lt. S F Gyford, Corps of Mil. Police, to be Capt. 13/8/1918. London Gazette 31619, 13128, 27/10/1919. Attd. to Hd.Qr. Units. Dep. Asst Pro. Marshal (Cl. FF). - Temp. Qr. Mr. & Capt. S F Gyford, Corps of Mil. Police, vice Maj. M R P W Gledhill MC., Royal Ir. Regt. 1/8/1919. Extract from the Norwich Mercury 1 December 1900. AN IPSWICH FAMILY'S REMARKABLE RECORD OF THE ARMY SERVICE. Mrs. Gyford, of 2, Dedham Place, Fore Street, Ipswich, has received from Her Majesty the Queen (through the Rev. John Powell, Rector of St. Clement's), the sum of £3, as a mark of Her Majesty's appreciation of the fact that she has five sons in the Army. All are serving in South Africa - one as Quartermaster Sergeant in the Ordnance Store Department, one as Corporal in the Devonshire Regimen6t, one as Corporal in the Military Mounted Police, one as a Driver in the Royal Artillery, and one as a Corporal in the 1st Suffolk Regiment. Extract from the Surrey Advertiser, 16/1/43: The late Mrs S F Gyford. Eight NCO's of the Corps of Military Police were bearers at the funeral at Frimley Parish Church on Saturday of Mrs Emily Ann Gyford, of Holly Lodge, Salisbury Grove, Mychett, who died in a Guildford nursing home the previous Tuesday, at the age of 67. The wife of Capt S F Gyford, formerly of the Corps of Military Police, Mrs Gyford was a native of Bishopstone, Wilts and had lived in Mychett for the past 22 years. In addition to the widower she leaves four sons and five daughters. A fifth son, Sergt. G C Gyford, was killed in action in France early in the present war. (T/45152 Sgt George Douglas Gyford, RASC, died 10/6/40, age 27 years, named on the Dunkirk Memorial). |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | King's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: KSA Medal Roll WO 100/355 Page: 298 Dec. 23, 1902) |
| Citation: | Clasps: South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Ranks Sgt. |
| Decoration: | Queen's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: QSA Medal Roll WO 100/234 Page: 191 Aug. 23, 1901) |
| Citation: | Clasps: Orange Free State, Transvaal. Rank L/Cpl. |